It travels back in time to examine Africans' initial encounter with Christianity, and tells the story of Denmark Vesey, who used bilblical scripture to justify a violent slave rebellion in 1822. Vesey worked with support from the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME). We then tell the story of Sojourner Truth - born, enslaved, as Isabella Baumfree. She drew upon a highly individualized faith to challenge the system of slavery. Her spiritual strength led her to become a national figure in the abolitionist and feminist movements. These twin tributaries of righteous engagement and righteous retribution flow through African-American religious life.

Noland Walker has been working in television and film for many years. He is currently Writer/ Co-Producer of Citizen King, a Roja Productions film which examines the last years of Martin Luther King, Jr.. Before This Far by Faith, he was the Producer/Director of the second episode of the Peabody Award- winning documentary series Africans in America. He has worked as a script reader, writer, associate producer and editor in commercial and public television. His previous production credits include Blackside's Eyes on the Prize II, America's War on Poverty, Breakthrough: The Changing Face of Science; HBO's First Look, and ABC's long running sit-com series Coach.